Danilov DS. [Antidepressants - stimulators for the release of norepinephrine and serotonin (history of creation, study of neurochemical effects and classification)].
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2021;
121:134-144. [PMID:
34037367 DOI:
10.17116/jnevro2021121041134]
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Abstract
The history of the creation and putting into practice of antidepressants and experimental agents - blockers of α2-adrenergic receptors and serotonin 5-HT2-receptors is described. The author analyzes the history of development of mianserin, mirtazapine and other drugs and their position in the classification of antidepressants. On the basis of a generalization of historical facts, the rationality of assigning mianserin, mirtazapine, and possibly other compounds similar in chemical structure and mechanism of action to one neurochemical group and its designation by the term 'stimulators of the release of norepinephrine and (presumably) serotonin' is determined.
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